Systems AdministratorJumpTap

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Reporting to the Director of Technical Operations, a Systems Administrator will provide a full range of support for the Jumptap product suite. Support tasks can include, but are not limited to, patching operating systems, deploying/debugging Jumptap code, writing custom monitoring plugins, responding to outages/emergencies, racking & wiring up a data center rack, and regularly being required to master new technologies. We are looking for highly motivated candidates that demonstrate creative and methodical problem solving abilities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

A technical thinker with a positive attitude and the ability to creatively debug complex problems
Strong ability to work both independently and with a team
Looking for someone who has a sense of ownership and focuses on the safety, stability, and efficiency of the production environment
Monitor the health of our production systems using Nagios, Cacti, and other tools
Build, scale, troubleshoot, and maintain the service platform
Write comprehensive documentation
Ability to handle crisis situations with calm customer facing demeanor
Participate in a 24-7 on-call pager rotation
Required Skills and Experience:

Position requires a Bachelor?s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a Four-Year College or University; or equivalent combination of both education and experience
3+ years of Linux system administration experience (CentOS or RHEL a plus)
Previous experience working with mission critical applications
Networking skills in areas such as dealing with CDNs, switching/routing technologies, layer 4-7 load balancing and network debugging
Intermediate programming/scripting experience in Bash, Perl, or Python
MySQL database experience ? performance tuning, replication, and monitoring
Excellent written and verbal communication skills